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Originally Posted by Davisca455
Hahaha!
Yes I have gotten a few thumbs up from sportbike riders.
I always imagine they say to themselves "What the hell just happened, I should have blasted by that beemer way before now?"
I traveled from the Sacramento CA area to the Olympia WA area yesterday and it was hot and smokey out most of the way.
The car is a relentless monster thru the mountains.
It's like the car says "Incline? What incline? Is it uphill, didn't notice?"
Oh ya, another thing that someone might care to add to the list of things to consider is fuel consumption, although it is what it is.
I re-zeroed my average MPG last January on my way to Thunderhill for a track day.
So I have almost 8 months of MPG data that the car has compiled now, that includes 3 track days.
At the start of the trip up here, my 8 month average was at 18.9mpg.
When I pulled into mom's driveway it was up to 20.2mpg.
I was driving mostly at or slightly above 80mph, except going thru Portland,
I don't know why it thrills me to see a 20mpg on the dash, because if it were 11mpg, I'm sure I'd still love the car?
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That is an incredible MPG for a supercharged v8. Summer driving I was doing 18-20 mpg pre-Harrop. I'm more like 17 MPG on the highway drive and around 13 MPG in town. Of course these days every trip to the grocery store is a reason to get off a few pulls and explore the red line. I'm sure as the novelty wears off the MPG will come up. But as you say, does it matter to me? No, it does not. I already put on test pipes - you know, to reduce my carbon footprint.